Daily Reflections with Fr. John

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 06.09.2026 9:26 ↓

Saint Paul tells us what a transformed Christian life looks like in practice.

Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 05.09.2026 4:23 ↓

The Sabbath was God’s gift to his people. It was meant to provide rest, restore their relationship with God, and remind them that their lives belonged to him.

Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 04.09.2026 3:44 ↓

Jesus says, “New wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.”

Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church 03.09.2026 5:38 ↓

"At your command"

Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 02.09.2026 8:28 ↓

Jesus enters the home of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law is very sick with a high fever. The people in the house tell Jesus about her. And what does Jesus do? Jesus notices her. He goes to her, stands beside her, and heals her.

THE MASS: WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING? Why Do We Gather? 01.09.2026 31:27 ↓

Before the first hymn is sung, before the priest reaches the altar, before anyone makes the Sign of the Cross, something important has already happened: God's people have gathered.

Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 31.08.2026 5:21 ↓

Familiarity can sometimes close our hearts to grace.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 30.08.2026 9:08 ↓

Do not let the culture around you set the pattern for your life. Do not let power teach you how to treat people. Do not let status determine your worth. Do not let anger, division, retaliation, or prejudice shape the way you see others. And above all, do not give your deepest loyalty to anything that belongs to this world.

Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 29.08.2026 3:44 ↓

When the truth becomes costly, will I still remain faithful?

Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 28.08.2026 5:50 ↓

Keep your lamp filled

Memorial of Saint Monica 27.08.2026 5:18 ↓

Monica spent many years praying for her son Augustine. She watched him wander away from God, pursue an immoral life, and embrace beliefs far from the Christian faith she cherished.

Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time 26.08.2026 6:19 ↓

Your outside is spectacular but what about the inside?

Now What? — From Consumer to Disciple 25.08.2026 30:17 ↓

Jesus calls every one of us to become His disciple. There is an enormous difference between being a Catholic and being a disciple.

Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle 24.08.2026 2:59 ↓

Saint Bartholomew reminds us that discipleship begins when we allow ourselves to be known by Christ.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time 23.08.2026 9:53 ↓

Relationships grow because we spend time together. We talk. We listen. We share what is going on in our lives. We begin to know what matters to the other person, what brings them joy, what hurts them. And over time, that relationship begins to shape us.

Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 22.08.2026 3:38 ↓

Mary our queen who humbled herself and said yes to God.

Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope 21.08.2026 4:46 ↓

How do we bring people closer to Christ?

Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church 20.08.2026 3:40 ↓

In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of a king who prepares a wedding feast. Everything is ready, the invitations have gone out, and yet many of those invited simply do not come.

Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time 19.08.2026 4:00 ↓

We often say that we want God to be generous but sometimes we mean generous to us. When God is generous to someone whom we believe has done less, arrived later, or deserves less, we can begin to complain.

Born Catholic… But Why Stay?The Personal Decision 18.08.2026 32:52 ↓

Every believer eventually reaches a moment when inherited faith must become a personal choice.

Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time 17.08.2026 3:17 ↓

The problem is not simply that the young man possesses many things. The deeper problem is that his possessions possess him.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 16.08.2026 9:57 ↓

“Send her away.”

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 15.08.2026 9:48 ↓

Mary’s Assumption is not something she accomplished by her own strength. It is something God did for her. It is the final fruit of God’s grace in the life of a woman who opened herself completely to his will.

Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr 14.08.2026 5:43 ↓

Today the Church celebrates Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan priest whose life reveals what it truly means to belong completely to Christ.

Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time 13.08.2026 4:23 ↓

Every time we come before God, we come as people who have been forgiven an enormous debt.